The Marxes were hoist by their own petard, however, at least once during filming of the new picture. During a fight scene Harpo decided it would be more realistic, and much more disconcerting, for the prop boys and clean-up brigade, if he filled his mouth with feathers, and spouted them out in all directions, hippo-fashion. The feathers were brought, S the skyline of Havana rises from the deep blue waters and takes form, the new arrival experiences something of the thrill which Columbus must have felt on that memorable day of October 27, 1492 when first his tired eyes beheld the virgin shores of the island.
The boat steams in through a channel so narrow that one feels he could shake hands with people standing on the sea wall to the right or touch the massive walls and tower of grim Morro Castle which rises to the left.
This grim and weather-beaten fortress has been standing guard over the bottle-necked harbour of Havana since 1597.
Cuba is an island of many contrasts.
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